Information Systems and Global Diversity - Softcover

Avgerou, Chrisanthi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199263426 ISBN 13: 9780199263424

Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

It is often assumed that the impact and implementation of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) will or should be the same in all situations with little regard to the particular social or cultural context. Drawing on experience and research in different societies (Europe, Latin America, etc.), this book explains the nature of organizational diversity in which ICT innovation takes place, and also develops a conceptual approach to account for it.

The book draws from institutionalist concepts of organizations, the sociology of technology, current debates on globalization, and critiques of the rationality of modernity. The theoretical perspective is supported empirically by four international case studies. The author shows how the processes of ICT innovation and organizational change reflect local aspirations, concerns, and action, as well as the multiple institutional influences of globalization.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Chrisanthi Avgerou is Professor in Information Systems at the London School of Economics. Her research interests include the relationship of information technology to organizational change, and the role of IT in socio-economic development.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0199263426
• ISBN 13: 9780199263424
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280
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